Children Attend Chai Nissan Rally in 770
Hundreds of children gathered in 770 for a Rally in honor of Chai Nissan, the birthday of the Reb Levi Yitzchok father of The Rebbe.
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Boruch Dayan Hoemes: Rabbi Beryl Epstein, 58, OBM
With great sadness we inform you of the untimely passing of Rabbi Beryl Epstein OBM, a longtime Crown Heights resident who was famous for his walking tours of the neighborhood. He was 58 years old.
Boruch Dayan Hoemes: Rabbi Mendel Deitsch, 64, OBM
With sadness we inform you of the tragic passing of Rabbi Mendel Deutsch OBM, a Lubavitcher Rabbi and activist from Jerusalem, Israel, who was savagely beaten while in the Ukrainian city of Zhitomir earlier this year. He never recovered from those injuries and over Shabbos came the tragic news of his passing. He was 64 years old.
Shabbos Alarm Sounds One Hour Early
Crown Heightsers preparing for Shabbos Chol Hamoed Pesach were startled into thinking Shabbos was starting an hour before the zman when the siren announcing the 18 minutes and the start of Shabbos went off an hour early.
Please Say Tehillim For…
Please take a moment and say a Kapital Tehilllim for Mordechai Nissim ben Miriam, who was injured in an accident and is need of our tefillos.
Erev Pesach: Selling the Chometz
Rabbis Moshe Bogomilsky and Shimon Hecht gathered in the offices of National Committee to do the traditional sale of the Chometz [leavened breads] to a gentile.
Photos: Burning the Chometz in Crown Heights
Crown Heights residents set out this morning to fulfill the custom of Biur Chometz – the burning of the leavened bread before Passover. As in previous years, an area in front of 770 was designated as the main location for this purpose.
Boruch Dayan Hoemes: Mr. Henry Abramowitz, 97, OBM
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Mr. Henry (Chanoch) Abramowitz OBM, a devoted father and grandfather, and a holocaust survivor. He was 97 years old.
Rain Doesn’t Dampen Mitzvah Tank Parade
Marking the 115th birthday of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, dozens of ‘Mitzvah Tanks’ took to the streets of New York City to spread a message of redemption and of Pesach, as a ‘gift’ to the Rebbe.
Did you say the ‘Nasi’ Today? (Tes Nissan)
From the Safer Haminhagim: Every day from Rosh Chodesh Nissan until the twelfth of the month, one reads the passage that describes the offering brought on that day by a particular Nasi, or tribal prince, for the dedication of the altar of the Mishkan. Yehi Ratzon in the Extended Article.
Bus Set Ablaze Outside Public School
A yellow school bus was torched late Sunday night outside a public school in Crown Heights.
Jewish Man Beaten and Robbed After Act of Kindness
In a kind gesture, a Crown Heights Jewish man offered a cigarette to a stranger who approached him and asked for one. Instead of a thank you, he was beaten and robbed.
First of its Kind Assisted Living Center Opens in Moscow
Another gem of the Jewish Chesed Center in Moscow: professional and dedicated nursing care for the elderly and lonely Jews, including many Holocaust survivors.
Chassidus Wins at Sinai Scholars Academic Symposium
Two students from the University of Sydney and Western Washington University were awarded the Jewish Academic Innovation Award for their in-depth research papers that used modern, Western academia written in the age-old pilpul style to analyze contemporary matters in the context of Jewish tradition.
8:00: Why Did Pesach Become Unaffordable?
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 157, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: Chassidus Applied to Yud Alef Nisan; Why Did Pesach Become Unaffordable? Why Do We Refer to Non-Jews as ‘Dust of Earth’? Is There a Difference Between a Healthy and an Unhealthy Baal Teshuva? Also: The Winners of the 3rd Annual MyLife Essay Contest!
“Pesukim Personify our Dear Grandfather”
Following the sudden passing of Rabbi Dovid Steigman OBM, his grandson – Rabbi Dovi Henig, Shliach in Chengdu, China – penned a letter to his community remembering him and a visit he made to their community. He also shared a message of comfort from the Chumash which exemplified his grandfather.
NYC Mayoral Candidate Visits Crown Heights
New York City mayoral hopeful Paul Massey visited Crown Heights on Monday, touring the local Matzah Bakery, walking along the neighborhood’s main shopping corridor and stopping in 770 – the Lubavitch World Headquarters.
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